Chapter 35 - Survivors' & Dependents' Educational Assistance

This chapter provides education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of certain veterans. It offers up to 45 months of education benefits, which may be used for degree and certificate programs, apprenticeship, and on-the-job training.

To be eligible, you must be the son, daughter, or spouse of:

-a veteran who died or is permanently and totally disabled as the result of a service-connected disability. The disability must arise out of active service in the Armed Forces.

-a veteran who died from any cause while such service-connected disability was in existence

-a servicemember missing in action or captured in the line of duty by a hostile force

-a servicemember forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government or power

-a servicemember who is hospitalized or receiving outpatient treatment for a service-connected permanent and total disability and is likely to be discharged for that disability.